St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-24
The Minnesota & Northwestern Will Put
On Two Limited Trains Between
st. Paul and Chicago.
Mr.. Du Puy Writes Letter to Gen.
Bishop Announcing the I'm
portant Fact.
The Interstate Commissioners Get Some
Enlightenment Regarding Jim
Grow" Cars,
And the Way Negroes Are Taught 'HTheir
Place. on Southern Passen-
ger Trains.

The chamber of commerce of st. Paul
has for some time been anxious to have
the Minnesota & Northwestern road put
on limited trains between ST. Paul and
Chicago. The matter was referred to
the transportation committee OF the
chamber, of which j. w. Bishop is chair
man. Yesterday Mr.. Du Puy, the gen
eral manager of the road, sent the fol-
lowing communication, dated July 81,
to Gen. Bishop, which explains the situ-
alton, in which the road promises, ,on the
1st of August, to put on two limited
trains between st. Paul and Chicago,
as requested:
pany received an inquiry from You, as chair
man of committee of the chamber of COM
merce, as to whether or not the Minnesota &
Northwestern Railroad company would run
limited trains this season between ST. Paul
and Chicago. At the time we were obliged to
answer that for the present at least we were
unable to do So Since that time we have
completed in the most thorough manner our
line into Chicago, with the exception of about
fifty miles between Dubuque, Ia, and Free
port, ILL.,, which is now under construction.
Pending the completion of this fifty miles we
have made arrangements by which we can
run our own trains over the Illinois Central
railroad from Dubuque to FreepOrt junction,
thus making an independent line of our own
between Minneapolis and st. Paul and Chi
cago. 1t is our Intention, commencing Mon
day, Aug. 1, to put on two limited daily
trains each way; the day train, with parlor
cars, leaving Minneapolis at 7:10 a. M and
st. Paul at 2 40 a. m. and arriving in Chicago
at 10 O'Clock p. m. of the same Gay, and a re-
verse train leaving Chicago at 1880 a.
m. and arriving in st. Paul at 10 o'clock
p. m. and Minneapolis at 10:35 p. m. Later
on the time of this train will be shortened
about one hour. The night train will leave
Minneapolis at p. m. and st. Paul at 7:3O
p. m. and arrive i'll Chicago the next morning
at $50 a. M, and the reverse train will leave
Chicago at z 80 p. m. and arrive i'll st. Paul
at $3.50 a. m. and Minneapolis at 10 a. m. 1t
is believed that these four trains will accom-
modate the travelling public between st. Paul
and Chicago better than any trains which
have heretofore been run, while the running
time is not so fast as to render the journey
uncomfortable or unsafe. You and the
travelling public of the Northwest are nod-
fed that these trains have come to stay, sum-
mer and winter alike, regardless of what
other roads may do. In addition to the Min
nesota & Northwestern sleeping and parlor
cars, which have been built expressly for
this road and are in all respects the finest and
best cars that have ever been run into this
city, we propose to run Mann boudoir cars on
the night trains, allowing passengers to have
an entire state-room at the cost usually paid
for one section. You are respectfully re-
quested to report the substance of this COM
munication to the chamber of commerce.
Yours truly, Raymond Du Puy, General Man
ager.